Parole-jumper proved no match for K9, say police

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Jul 3, 2014 at 4:39 PMJul 3, 2014 at 4:43 PM

KINGSTON -- A Bronx parole-jumper was nabbed Wednesday with the help of a police K9, Kingston police say.

Daniel Flores, 39, was wanted for skipping out from parole supervision, Kingston police say. He was released in April this year after serving part of a 12-year sentence from a 2003 conviction of robbery in the first.

After finding out Flores was hiding out on the third-floor apartment above the Wing Shui Chinese Restaurant on North Front Street, police say they arrived Wednesday morning to arrest him.

Flores instead locked himself in his bedroom and scurried out of a back window and down a fire escape, police say. Kingston police then called in Ulster County Sheriff's Deputy James Mullen and his K9, Triton.

Flores, hiding under a porch and refusing to come out, was removed by Triton, police say. Flores is facing two charges of resisting arrest, misdemeanors, and will be turned over to the state Department of Corrections for his warrant.